7 ways your everyday life is already cashless

The cashless society isn’t something set in some distant future. For many people, it’s here today.

More and more frequently, items and activities that used to have us handing over a $5 or $20 bill are being paid for in different ways. In fact, as the holiday travel period approaches, it’s entirely possible that you could take the family on vacation without ever once having to reach for your wallet.

Here are seven steps from a day in the life of the average, ordinary (and now cashless!) member of society.

Who is Chris?

For more than 25 years, Chris Morris has covered the financial world - and explored the business side of a variety of non-traditional businesses. He has held senior management roles at CNN, Yahoo! Finance and Forbes,

In 2009, though, he made the decision to return to his writing and reporting roots, with a focus on areas he has long covered, including video games, consumer electronics, personal finance. (He continues to keep an eye on those non-traditional fields as well.)